INDEPENDENCE, Ohio - They were three of the last four Cavaliers getting in extra work after practice Friday.
LeBron James. Kyrie Irving. Kevin Love. Cleveland's Big Three.
It wasn't always smooth, maybe it didn't always look or sound like the dream union of James, Irving, and Love envisioned in northeast Ohio when James chose to come home and the Cavs traded for Love last summer.
But, at least statistically speaking, Cleveland's Big Three carried this team to where it is today -- preparing to host the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of a first-round playoff series at 3 p.